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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Maximus| > SH33855
Maximus, Caesar, 235 or 236 - 24 June 238 A.D.
|Maximus|, |Maximus,| |Caesar,| |235| |or| |236| |-| |24| |June| |238| |A.D.|, Pietas in traditional Latin usage expressed a complex, highly valued Roman virtue; a man or woman with pietas respected his or her responsibilities to the gods, family, other people and entities (such as the state), and understood his or her place in society with respect to others.
SH33855. Silver denarius, RIC IV 1 (S), RSC III 1, BMCRE V 118, Hunter III 1, SRCV III 8404, superb EF, fantastic hair detail, mint luster, Rome mint, weight 3.182g, maximum diameter 20.0mm, die axis 0o, 235 - early 236 A.D.; obverse IVL VERVS MAXIMVS CAES, bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse PIETAS AVG (to the piety of the Emperor), implements of the augurate and pontificate, from left to right: lituus (augur's wand), secespita (knife), ewer (jug), simpulum (ladle) and aspergillum (sprinkler); scarce; SOLD










OBVERSE LEGENDS

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REFERENCE

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Sear, D. Roman Coins and Their Values III, The Accession of Maximinus I to the Death of Carinus AD 235 - AD 285. (London, 2005).
Vagi, D. Coinage and History of the Roman Empire. (Sidney, 1999).

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